Changeset 71386 in vbox for trunk/src/VBox/Additions/x11

Timestamp:

Mar 20, 2018 9:21:36 AM (7 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

98vboxadd-xclient: execute notify-send in the background.
bugref:9146: Additions/x11: 98vboxadd-xclient involved in Plasma hang
See Debian bug 880594. notify-send may wait for KDE Plasma to be up before
returning, but we call it as part of session bring-up, which could cause a
hang.

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/Additions/x11/Installer/98vboxadd-xclient (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/VBox/Additions/x11/Installer/98vboxadd-xclient

@@ -24 +24 @@
 if ! test -c /dev/vboxguest 2>/dev/null; then
    # Do not start if the kernel module is not present.
-   notify-send "VBoxClient: the VirtualBox kernel service is not running.  Exiting."
+   # Execute notify-send in the back-ground to avoid racing with sddm,
+   # as notify-send may wait for sddm to start while it waits for us to exit.
+   notify-send "VBoxClient: the VirtualBox kernel service is not running.  Exiting." &
 elif test -z "${SSH_CONNECTION}"; then
    # This script can also be triggered by a connection over SSH, which is not